| Simplifying the Value Chain: Mission Impossible or a Done Deal?
In order to go from an early adopter model to the mass market, we have to completely transform the market by solving all of the business and operational issues. By Keith Willetts, Chairman, TM Forum If the end user isn’t happy, nobody in the value chain is going to make any money; and we’re never going to cross the chasm unless someone figures out how to do highly scalable integration of all the bits and pieces that make for a successful value chain.
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The Architecture Harmonization project team recently released NGOSS Contracts: Principals and Guidelines, a key specification for drawing together TM Forum’s Transformation Framework initiative.
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TM Forum’s newly formed Large-Scale Buyers’ Council will assist the UK Government in procuring the Public Sector Network in an open supply marketplace.
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In-person training courses will be offered across the globe during September and October: Sept. 7-9: Tel Aviv, Israel
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